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85% Critic Match
After Louise
“Live dangerously”
8.5 / 10• 2019• 1h 30m•NR• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Kath, a shy young woman, befriends Bob, the reclusive gardener at a seaside hotel where she's getting married. Kath has never come to terms with her mother leaving home when she was eight and that her overbearing father, Ken, never talks about her. Now she is getting married to escape, only to discover that her fiancée, Steve, is completely dominated by Ken as well. Bob is a gentle, eccentric man with a dry sense of humour and a troubled past. He spent a long time in prison and in the years he's worked at the hotel he has never ventured beyond the gardens, which he tends with obsessive care. Kath sparks a connection to an unresolved relationship from Bob's past with a girl called Louise which resonates so strongly that he feels compelled to leave the safety of the hotel and confront his past.
Cast & Crew
Greg Wise
Bob
Lead
Tessa Peake-Jones
Bryony
Lewis Rainer
Steve
Alice Sykes
Kath
Martin Marquez
Ken
DC
Dean Coulson
Don
SB
Sharon Bower
Pat
Emma Davidson
Agressive Women
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Scheinmann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. After Louise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
